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Isaiah 14:6

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14:6It9 furiously struck down nations

with unceasing blows.10

It angrily ruled over nations,

oppressing them without restraint.11

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Footnotes

  1. 9 Or perhaps, “he” (cf. ; “the king of Babylon”). The present translation understands the referent of the pronoun (“it”) to be the “club/scepter” of the preceding line.
  2. 10 Heb “it was striking down nations in fury [with] a blow without ceasing.” The participle (“striking down”) suggests repeated or continuous action in past time.
  3. 11 Heb “it was ruling in anger nations [with] oppression without restraint.” The participle (“ruling”) suggests repeated or continuous action in past time.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

that struck the peoples in wrath

with unceasing blows,

that ruled the nations in anger

with unrelenting persecution.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

which in anger struck down peoples

with unceasing blows,

and in fury subdued nations

with relentless aggression.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It struck the peoples in anger

with unceasing blows.

It subdued the nations in rage

with relentless persecution.

NLTNew Living Translation

You struck the people with endless blows of rage

and held the nations in your angry grip

with unrelenting tyranny.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

that struck the peoples in wrath, a blow without ceasing,

that ruled the nations in anger

with unrestrained persecution.

KJV 1900King James Version

He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke,

He that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.